Combined extensible sofa and bed



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COMBINED EXTENSIBLB ,SF AND BIED-v I No. 382,743.v Patented May 15,1888.v

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.'

cHA-RLES'P. WALDO, on CINCINNATI, OHIO.'

COMBINED EXTENSIBLE SOFA AND B'ED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382.743, dated *May.15, 1388'.

` Application tiled November 3, 1887. Serial No, 254.232. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES P. WALDO, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of lthe city ofvGincinnati, county of Hamilton, State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Combined Extensible Sofa and Bed, of

.which the following is a specification, reference being hadpto the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to house-furniture; and it has for its object to provide anarticle which is convertible into a small or large sofa orinto a small or large bed at will by the addition or taking away of a` removable central section, which is itself an easy-chair, and which may be extended into a sort of reclining-chair or short lounge. 4

To this end my invention consists of the construction hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, like letters referring tolike parts, F-igure 1 is a perspective view of the combined large sofa and large bed, one of the folding sections being opened into the form assumed when used as a bed.' Fig. 2 is a perspective of the small sofa, the central section having been removed. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the central section as it appears detached and in use as an easy-chair. -Fig. 4 is anend elevation of the same as it appears in position over the extension-slides, the slides being shown in section. Fig. 5 is a'vertical crosssection through one of the end sections of the sofa and the extension-slides, as on the line X X of Fig. 2; and Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views in horizontal cross-section on the line Y Y of Fig. 5, showing a pair of the extension-slides detached, Fig. 6 showing them closed, and Fig. 7 showing them drawn apart to their farthest limit.

A and B are right and left end sections of a sofa, connected together by suitable extensionslides, D D, attached-to the under side of the seat-frames- C is a removable central section, which, when detached from the sofa, presents the appearance of an ordinary easy-chair with an outwardly-folding seat. This section is made to match the other two, and when the end sections are drawn apart to their outermost limit the middle section is placed between the other two, with its legs over the extension-slides.

rvlhe sections are all provided with outwardly-folding seats a, b, and c, each of which is hinged to the forward end of its respective seatframen b c. The under sides of the foldlng part of the seat-frames are coveredwith tight- Y ly-stretched mattresswire E. The front legs of the end sections are extended vertically,

sired to use the construction as abcd, this armrest F is swung outward into line with brace e', and the two together form suitable foot-boards or head-boards.

To the free end ot' each of the folding seats a, b, and c are pivoted a pairof legs, G, which assume a vertical position when the seatsv are turned outward intothe'bed position, and serve I to support the same. These legs fold towardy each other lengthwise of the seat and lie ush with'the edge of the same when the seat 1s folded back into the chair or sofa position.

The slidesD, which adjustably connect the end sections, may be of any kind suitable for the purpose. As shown, each pair is composed of fixed pieces d and movable pieces ,'lhe fixed parts d are provided with longitudinal dovetailed grooves h and combined dovetailedV stop-blocks and slides lc at the inner or facing ends of the grooves. Thesel ixed yparts d are attached one each to the opposite end sections under the seatframesf The movable piece d is provided with dovetailed stop-blocks and slides k', which work` in t-hedovetailed grooves h, and has also a dovetailed groove, h', extending its entire length between the two end stopblocks, k. The slides 7c work in the grooves h. One pair of these slides are attached in front and another inthe rearv under the seatframe. y It is evident that the end sections canibe drawn apart until the stopblocks 7c and Ic; meet in their respective grooves. p j` From the description now given itis evidentk that if the end sections be closed together they form a small sofa, as shown in Fig. 2. If the seats a and b and the arm-rests F at each end be unfolded into the position occupied by b and F in Fig. 1, a childsbed is formed. If the central section, C, be inserted between A and B and all theseais and the arm-rests be unfolded, an adults bed will be formed, and if all the seats a, b, and c he folded inward into their normal position, as a and c in Fig. 1, a large sofa is formed. The central section, when detached from the others, with the seat in its normal or closed position, constitutes an easy chair, and if the seat be unfolded it will rnake a narrow lounge. By my construction I there fore form five 0r six serviceable articles for household use. A single combined article is made which is convertible into several difterent articles, all of which are serviceablepieces of furniture.

Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent of the United States, is as follows:

In combination, the end sections, A and B, provided with the pivoted seat a and b and the pivoted arm-rests F f, the extension-slides D, adj ustably connecting said sections, the removable central section, C, provided with the piv- Oted seat c, adapted to fit over the slides and between said end sections, the folding legs G, pivotally attached to the free ends of said pivoted seats and adapted to assume a vertical position and support the same when opened outward into a hed-bottom, and the mattress-wire E, covering the under side of the pivoted seats and the seat-frames, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES P. NVALDO.

In presence of-a FRED H. CRoUGH'roN, JOHN D. BERRY. 

